Brings up a good point, are the people who are washing and drying their gloves using high end gloves? I wash my pants, shin pads, elbow pads, shoulder pads, jock but I've never washed my gloves for fear of ruining the palms.

Mine are Bauer X60 Pros and washing them in a machine with Woolite didn't affect the palms at all. Some say you can dry them in the dryer, but I just air dry them. Not sure what models the people dry them use. Gear gets soaked when playing anyway, so air drying isn't a big deal. I just put them on a fan.